अन्तरायैरविहितो यदि धर्म: स्वनुष्ठित: । तेनापि निर्जितं स्थानं यथा गच्छति तच्छृणु ॥ २२ ॥
antarāyair avihito yadi dharmaḥ sv-anuṣṭhitaḥ tenāpi nirjitaṁ sthānaṁ yathā gacchati tac chṛṇu
- antarāyaiḥ
- by obstacles and discrepancies
- avihitaḥ
- not affected
- yadi
- if
- dharmaḥ
- one’s execution of regulated duties according to Vedic injunctions
- sv-anuṣṭhitaḥ
- excellently performed
- tena
- by that
- api
- even
- nirjitam
- accomplished
- sthānam
- status
- yathā
- the manner in which
- gacchati
- it perishes
- tat
- that
- śṛṇu
- please hear
If one performs Vedic sacrifices and fruitive rituals without any mistake or contamination, one will achieve a heavenly situation in the next life. But even this result, which is only achieved by perfect performance of fruitive rituals, will be vanquished by time. Now hear of this.